‘I’m not a person to retire, will start new innings’: SC select MR Shah breaks down on last day in courtroom
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Fourth senior-most Supreme Court select Justice M R Shah on Monday acquired emotional throughout the courtroom on his last day in office, saying he is not a person to retire and might start a model new inning in life.
Sitting on the ceremonial bench presided over by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice Shah broke down on the end of his cope with and quoted strains from Raj Kapoor’s iconic observe “jeena yaha, marna yaha”.
“I am not a person to retire and I am going to start a new inning of my life. I am praying to the almighty God to give me strength and courage and good health to play the new inning,” talked about Justice Shah.
“Before parting, I would like to remember a song by Raj Kapoor “kal khel me hum ho na ho, gardish me tare rahenge sada,” he talked about choking with emotions.
With the retirement of Justice Shah, who was appointed to the very best courtroom on November 2, 2018, the number of judges throughout the excessive courtroom will now come proper right down to 32, along with the CJI.
A day sooner than, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari demitted the office.
The apex courtroom has the sanctioned energy of 34 judges.
Heading the ceremonial bench, set as a lot as bid farewell to Justice Shah, the CJI fondly recalled his affiliation with the retiring select.
“My association with Justice Shah goes back to a long-long time when I was the Additional Solicitor General of India and we renewed our friendship when he came to the Supreme Court. We sat together during the most difficult times, that is during the Covid times. I will say some lighter things in the evening when I am liberated from presiding over this solemn occasion as the CJI. I will then speak to all of you as a friend of Justice Shah in the evening,” the CJI talked about.
He talked about it was a “true pleasure to sit with Justice M R Shah” and handle all types of circumstances on the bench.
“He (Shah) is always ready for the challenge and even during Covid times, I found that when we were sitting in our respective homes and we were taking on some heavy matters, he was always ready for a challenge. He was never the one who shirks work. If I send him a judgement, the judgement will come back overnight with his annotations and be completely read. If I send him a judgement for him to draft as a senior colleague, likewise, the judgement will be on my table within 48 hours,” Justice Chandrachud talked about.
Nothing was saved pending by Justice Shah, the CJI talked about, together with that he is “a true friend and an enabled ally and support in the collegium”.
“In so many ways, I relied upon his very worldly knowledge of the legal professions, of our district judiciary and of our high courts because he served in Gujarat and in Patna as the Chief Justice,” Justice Chandrachud talked about.
Justice Shah thanked members of the bar and SC officers and his assist workers for serving to him operate the very best courtroom select.
“I do not know if I deserve it or not but I accept it as a parting gift,” Justice Shah talked about.
“During my tenure, if I have hurt anyone’s feelings, I extend my unconditional apology. It was not deliberate. I always treated my work as worship. I am overwhelmed by the love and affection shown by you. I am thankful to all members of the bar and the registry. I am also thankful to my support staff and residence staff,” he talked about.
Bar leaders, along with Attorney General R Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and others wished Justice Shah on his last day on the bench. “I have known My lord as a judge and as a lawyer too, he is one of the few brave judges that I have known. The number of judgements which you have written shows that your family has suffered the most, and now they must get the benefit of your time,” Mehta talked about.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju talked about he has acknowledged Justice Shah for pretty a really very long time and he is fearless much like a lawyer.
Justice Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah was born on May 16, 1958, and enrolled as an advocate on July 19, 1982.
He practiced throughout the Gujarat High Court, specialising in land, constitutional and education points.
He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on March 7, 2004, and appointed as Permanent Judge on June 22, 2005.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on August 12, 2018.
He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on November 2, 2018, and is retiring on May 15, 2023.
NEW DELHI: Fourth senior-most Supreme Court select Justice M R Shah on Monday acquired emotional throughout the courtroom on his last day in office, saying he is not a person to retire and might start a model new inning in life.
Sitting on the ceremonial bench presided over by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice Shah broke down on the end of his cope with and quoted strains from Raj Kapoor’s iconic observe “jeena yaha, marna yaha”.
“I am not a person to retire and I am going to start a new inning of my life. I am praying to the almighty God to give me strength and courage and good health to play the new inning,” talked about Justice Shah.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Before parting, I would like to remember a song by Raj Kapoor “kal khel me hum ho na ho, gardish me tare rahenge sada,” he talked about choking with emotions.
With the retirement of Justice Shah, who was appointed to the very best courtroom on November 2, 2018, the number of judges throughout the excessive courtroom will now come proper right down to 32, along with the CJI.
A day sooner than, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari demitted the office.
The apex courtroom has the sanctioned energy of 34 judges.
Heading the ceremonial bench, set as a lot as bid farewell to Justice Shah, the CJI fondly recalled his affiliation with the retiring select.
“My association with Justice Shah goes back to a long-long time when I was the Additional Solicitor General of India and we renewed our friendship when he came to the Supreme Court. We sat together during the most difficult times, that is during the Covid times. I will say some lighter things in the evening when I am liberated from presiding over this solemn occasion as the CJI. I will then speak to all of you as a friend of Justice Shah in the evening,” the CJI talked about.
He talked about it was a “true pleasure to sit with Justice M R Shah” and handle all types of circumstances on the bench.
“He (Shah) is always ready for the challenge and even during Covid times, I found that when we were sitting in our respective homes and we were taking on some heavy matters, he was always ready for a challenge. He was never the one who shirks work. If I send him a judgement, the judgement will come back overnight with his annotations and be completely read. If I send him a judgement for him to draft as a senior colleague, likewise, the judgement will be on my table within 48 hours,” Justice Chandrachud talked about.
Nothing was saved pending by Justice Shah, the CJI talked about, together with that he is “a true friend and an enabled ally and support in the collegium”.
“In so many ways, I relied upon his very worldly knowledge of the legal professions, of our district judiciary and of our high courts because he served in Gujarat and in Patna as the Chief Justice,” Justice Chandrachud talked about.
Justice Shah thanked members of the bar and SC officers and his assist workers for serving to him operate the very best courtroom select.
“I do not know if I deserve it or not but I accept it as a parting gift,” Justice Shah talked about.
“During my tenure, if I have hurt anyone’s feelings, I extend my unconditional apology. It was not deliberate. I always treated my work as worship. I am overwhelmed by the love and affection shown by you. I am thankful to all members of the bar and the registry. I am also thankful to my support staff and residence staff,” he talked about.
Bar leaders, along with Attorney General R Venkataramani, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and others wished Justice Shah on his last day on the bench. “I have known My lord as a judge and as a lawyer too, he is one of the few brave judges that I have known. The number of judgements which you have written shows that your family has suffered the most, and now they must get the benefit of your time,” Mehta talked about.
Additional Solicitor General S V Raju talked about he has acknowledged Justice Shah for pretty a really very long time and he is fearless much like a lawyer.
Justice Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah was born on May 16, 1958, and enrolled as an advocate on July 19, 1982.
He practiced throughout the Gujarat High Court, specialising in land, constitutional and education points.
He was appointed as an Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court on March 7, 2004, and appointed as Permanent Judge on June 22, 2005.
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Patna High Court on August 12, 2018.
He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on November 2, 2018, and is retiring on May 15, 2023.
